Sweetwater

from Peace, Love & Horses by Jared Rogerson

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Billy knew about it, Nellie knew about it to / So they fired up Billy's beat up truck and left right out of school/ With millions of people out of work wonderin' what to do/ Money doesn’t grow on trees, so they got down on their knees

(Chorus)
In that Sweetwater flowin' down through the rocks/ It's kind a like lookin' for the prize in a Cracker Jack box/ And they'd smoke some pot ‘n pan for gold, at least that's the story that I've been told/ Livin' that California dream in Wyoming

They say it takes money to make a lot of money/ Well Billy and Nellie are livin' on the milk and honey/ Policy is the best prevention, now all they got to pay is attention/ To the little shiny yellow pebbles in the sand

(Chorus)
In that Sweetwater flowin' down through the rocks/ It's kind a like lookin' for the prize in a Cracker Jack box/ And they'd smoke some pot ‘n pan for gold, at least that's the story that I've been told/ Livin' that California dream in Wyoming

Now Nellie's got a Corvette, Billy bought a new pick-up truck/ Some think they robbed a bank, others say they were dealin' drugs/ They didn't go for a higher education, never needed a real vocation/ They don't worry 'bout anything, they still get down on their knees

(Chorus)
In that Sweetwater flowin' down through the rocks/ It’s kind a like lookin' for the prize in a Cracker Jack box/ And they pray to God and pan for gold, now the real story has been told/ Livin' that California dream in Wyoming

Livin' that California dream in Wyoming

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from Peace, Love & Horses, released March 8, 2011
Written by Jared Rogerson
Copyright 2011. Wapiti Country (ASCAP)

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